Preparing to install a multi-module library – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing

Installing a New Multi-Module Library Configuration

Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide

247

Preparing to Install a
Multi-Module Library

12

Required tools:

• Phillips #2 screwdriver, for removing and replacing the top cover

plate

• T10 TORX screwdriver, for removing and replacing the bottom cover

plate

1

Prepare the rack to hold modules, if you want to install your library

in a rack. See

Installing the Library in a Rack

on page 333 for

instructions on installing a rack-mount kit.

2

Make sure all tape drives have been removed from all of the modules

you plan to install. See

Adding, Removing, and Replacing Tape

Drives

on page 354 for instructions on removing tape drives.

3

Make sure all power supplies have been removed from all of the

modules you plan to install. See

Adding, Removing, and Replacing

Power Supplies

on page 330 for instructions on removing power

supplies.

4

Park the robot assembly in the 5U Library Control Module. Before

unstacking the library, the robot assembly must be placed in the 5U

Library Control Module.

a

Open the I/E station and access doors of each module.

b

Using your hands, gently lift the robot assembly into the 5U

Library Control Module. The robot assembly should glide slowly

and with some resistance.

Warning:

All libraries taller than 14U must be installed in a rack

having a main protective earthing (grounding) terminal,

and power must be supplied via an industrial plug and

socket-outlet and/or an appliance coupler complying with

IEC 60309 (or an equivalent national standard) and having

a protective earth (ground) conductor with a cross

sectional area of at least 1.5 mm

2

(14 AWG).

To ensure proper airflow and access space, Allow 60 cm

(24 inches) in the front and back of the library.

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